The “topper” was a cluster of Crape Myrtle branches with seed pods, sprayed silver. Nearby is a group of small trees and each was completely covered with either Crape Myrtle, star anise, tiny pine cones or carnations.

On the window sill was a Vietnamese stoneware container with burgundy lilies and pine. A wreath of cinnamon sticks and cranberries was hanging in the window.

Susan Irwin and Evelyn were co-chairs of this committee.

“The Nature of Christmas” in the theme of the Seibert home in Spring House.

In the music room a design featuring a violin and a treble clef of flowers graced the mantel.

The “choir” consisted of teasel critters. On the tree were wicker streamers adorned with dried roses and carnations.

Santa’s Workshop was on the console table in the hall and was entirely created by committee members using teasel, nuts, pods, seeds and other dried materials.

In the family room a huge bowl of berried branches — Nandina, Ilex, and St. John’s Wort to name a few- occupied the coffee table in the center of the room. In the corner was an obelisk tree wrapped with greens and topped with a giant silver Allium, representing a star.

In another corner a recessed mirror was adorned with rolled Aspidistra leaves and shiny Christmas balls which form a tree.

On the dining room table was a horizontal arrangement of lilies and blue Atlas Cedar and in front of a framed scroll, an Ikebana design.

The patio had a Christmas tree for the birds with popcorn garlands and baskets made from oranges or pomegranates — both filled with cranberries. In keeping with the natural theme, the snowmen luminaries used to light the driveway at night had Epsom salt “snow” and sunflower seeds.

Barbara Stoebenau was chair of this committee.

The Bunting family’s home in Lower Gwynedd featured “European Christmas.”

A fleur de lis made from moss and pine cones painted to look like roses set the stage at the front door.

Maroon ribbons used at the entry harmonized with the color of the shutters.

Satin ribbon was tied in bows with streamers on the stair railing in the hall and a sphere of roses adorns the newel post.

The living room continued the French theme with flowers in hues of burgundy, moss green and gold — colors found in the figurines located there.

The family room tree evoked Europe with postcards from Rome, Paris, London, and Lisbon. Angels made by the committee had gold sprayed leaves, pod heads and raffia wings.

Over the mantel was a shield depicting the Bunting’s family crest, researched and created by a committee member.

The Mediterranean area was captured by the loaves of bread arranged upright in a container on the breakfast room table and by a design featuring vegetables on the center island of the kitchen. The dining room represented England.

Ana Maria Hartman and Nancy Sliner were co-chairs of this home.

“Farmhouse Christmas” was the theme for the historic Blue Bell home, the original part of which was built in the late 1700s, of the Clemmer family Grapevine wreaths embellished with a variety of greens and cones were hanging on the windows, on the gate, on the fence and on the barn.

Serving as a coffee table was an antique wooden wagon which filled with bean pots containing kale, aucuba and seeded eucalyptus.

The great room had a Santa theme. A collection of Santas belonging to the owner were arrayed on the kitchen counter.

On the tree were Santa faces painted on bark, lily-like flowers made from the pages of books, cross-stitched hearts and balls covered with appropriately patterned cloth.

Snowflake valences adorned the windows.

Mrs. Clemmer is an avid knitter and created a wreath featuring balls of yarn for the sunroom door.

In this ‘handiwork’ room also were examples of crewel knitted caps, and crocheted snowflakes. Felt poinsettias at the corners of the curtains, hand-cut paper Christmas trees and a tree made of pine cone segments continued the handiwork theme of this area.

The original kitchen of the farmhouse is now called the “pig room” and has examples of the owners’s pigs in many forms including a hooked rug, wooden pigs and more.

In this room the decorations included a garland of princess pine and herbs and a loaf of bread with a curly pig’s tail.

Pat Seymour and Lori Jackson were co-chairs of this home.

The Wenz home in Blue Bell was “All Lit Up for Christmas.”

Visitors were greeted by a a topiary of boxwood, winterberry, and red-twigged dogwood in the hall.

In the living room the mantel had a large gold frame with a wreath inside. The tree was decorated with ornaments made by hand by the committee. Rudolph’s head was made from golden rain tree leaves and has parts of a daylily for antlers. An upside-down blossom of Queen Anne’s Lace was sprayed gold and formed an angel’s skirt.

On the family room mantel was a framed stenciled work of art with pine cones and snowflakes created by a committee member.

Surrounding components capturing that theme included glass cylinder vases with large pinecones inside, a design on the coffee table featuring cones and flowers, and pinecones hung on twine at the windows.

The dining room table was set for a festive meal with a runner which compliments the china and hand-made napkin rings. Greens and white calla lilies graced the table. Poinsettias of many colors were throughout this home.